Greeting from Regina Saskatchewan

[Moon_Wolf]

I am completely new to multirotor. I have nothing but have been looking.

Initially the DJI F550 flame wheel but I have been leaning more to an octo than a hexa.

A facebook post on the Tara Ironman 1000 is what lead me to this site so here I am and now to do some reading.

My real name is Dave - Moon_Wolf is my PSN name and I have a thing for the Moon and Wolves. :nevreness:

 

[Roger Ramjet]

Hi Dave,

Welcome amongst us! You will find a lot of excellent info on this forum. I think that everything starts with developing the ability to fly a multirotor. For this, you must understand the basic of remote control flying and practice, practice and practice. To this effect, multirotors flight simulators can really get you in the right direction as well as develop proper flying habits and reflexes. The visual rendition is pretty good now a day and this will definitely save you a lot of money. If you do not believe me, count the crashes with the simulator....

Of course a simulator is not reality but it will certainly allow for a much smoother transition to real flight.

I suggest you get started on a small quad (F-450 like) and continue to develop your skills from this.


Beginning with an hexa or octo if you are a newby to remote flying is simply suicidal and expensive.....


P.S. I remember flying in you area (full size) as I completed my pilot certification with the Canadian Forces on CT-114 Tutor from Moose Jaw, many years ago..... (1984).

 

[Moon_Wolf]

I've been in Regina 23 years and never once got out to Moose Jaw for the Air Show. We have the Moose Jaw wing fly over us on our home games. As quite as the fly over is, it is noisy but good to see. Are you retired now? Thanks for your service. I am an army brat ... my Dad was in the forces for 26 years.

 

[Roger Ramjet]

I've been in Regina 23 years and never once got out to Moose Jaw for the Air Show. We have the Moose Jaw wing fly over us on our home games. As quite as the fly over is, it is noisy but good to see. Are you retired now? Thanks for your service. I am an army brat ... my Dad was in the forces for 26 years.

Yes I retired in 1991 after 12 years of service. I am currently a College teacher in the field of aircraft maintenance. We are training students that will become certified aircraft technicians after a 3 year training.

Like many other Radio Control (RC) enthusiast, I litterally fell in love with the multirotor technology and the incredible video/photo dimension now available to all of us. Just check out the section ''Show me what you film'' in this forum and you will understand... Just amazing!

We used to say: ''The sky is the limit'' but with this innovative technology the sky is no longer the limit!

Wishing you plenty of good readings and happy flying!